“My friend Tinker put his finger on the emotion last night. Unlike Jagger, Madonna and others (we WISH would go away), Beefheart vanished from the public eye thirty years ago so his death brought us back to an emotional state approximating our feelings for him when we were young.”

News has reached us of the death of Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart.

He is said to have died of complications from multiple sclerosis.

A tribute is due. And we will bring it, starting next week as we explore the albums, one every week.

Meanwhile…

Click Clack, live in Paris in 1973

A truly GREAT clip, they’re all enjoying themselves so much. Was this the tour that came through Bradford in the early 70s? n blew our socks off? Best gig and tightest band I’ve ever seen. Better than Miles Davis.